Do you know why it’s so windy in North Dakota?
It’s because Montana blows and Minnesota sucks! :-p
'Cuz New Jersey sucks.
In Minnesota, we have such an inferiority complex, that during the '91 world series, I saw a poster in the Metrodome (back the it was the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome; now it's Mall of America field); it had a logo of a snow-covered apple with the legend "We prefer the MinneApple" (New York is the *Big* Apple, get it?")
But we still make jokes about ourselves: Swedes, Norwegians, etc. The stock characters are the Scandinavian couple, Ole and Lena.
Ole and Lena was at the kitchen table for the usual morning cup of coffee and listening to a weather report coming from the radio.
"There will be 3 to 5 inches of snow today and a snow emergency has been declared. All vehicles should be parked on the odd-numbered side of the streets today to facilitate snowplows," the radio voice declared.
"Oh, gosh, OK," said Ole, getting up, bundling up and heading outside to dutifully put his car on the odd-numbered side of the street.
Two days later, Ole and Lena were at morning coffee when the radio voice said:
"There will be 2 to 4 inches of snow today and a snow emergency has been declared. You must park your vehicles on the even-numbered side of the streets."
Ole got up from his coffee as before. He bundled up, shuffled off, and put his car on the even-numbered side of the street.
A few days later, the couple was at the table when the radio voice declared:
"There will be 6 to 8 inches of snow today and a snow emergency has been declared. You must park your cars on the ..." Just then, the power went out.
"Park it where?" Ole asked in the dark, "What should I do?"
"Aw, to heck with them, Ole," Lena said, "Don't worry about it today. Just leave the car in the garage."
The best in Minnesota Humor:
Puke and Snot at the Renaissance Festival 2004 (RIP Snot)
Cheers!